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dixie · 11-07-2009, 12:11 PM

..how simple life seemed to be when I was a kid. We wouldn't be caught dead in the house, even on rainy or snowy days. We were always outside, climbing trees or exploring. We had simple toys, like Barbies, GI Joes and Tonka Trucks. My son is in 5th grade and has his own cell phone and laptop, PSP and Nintendo DS. Our living room entertainment center consists of PS2, XBox 360 and Wii. (Plus he's already got a PS3 wrapped up for Christmas.) I know it's mostly my fault for allowing his "technology obsession", and that it takes a stick of dynamite to get him outside to play batminton. Also, at another school in our county, a 5th grade girl was caught giving "BJs" to any little boys who wanted them. I didn't even know what that was till I was almost outta high school. It astounds me when I hear reports of elementary school kids with drugs and alcohol and weapons. Even when I was in high school the biggest "hardcore" drug problem here was a few stoner kids smoking weed behind the building. As for weapons, I live in the South, in the mountains. Even the high school girls had rifle racks in their pick-ups, and carried pocketknifes in their back pockets. And NONE of us would ever have even thought of using those for violence against others. That's just how people were raised in my town. (Yeah, I live in the redneck riviera. lol) The world has changed so much, and not all of those changes are good. Heck, I'm already complaining and I'm only 30. I can just imagine the things that I will see in my lifetime...and that's a hard realization for a mother with an 11 year old son growing up in these everchanging times.

11-07-2009, 12:11 PM	#5
dixie Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: I usually just poke it with a stick. Preferred Pronoun?: Bitch Relationship Status: Intertwined deeply Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: We're all a little mad here. Posts: 6,627 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 10,972 Thanked 21,385 Times in 4,808 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	The older I get, the more I realize... ..how simple life seemed to be when I was a kid. We wouldn't be caught dead in the house, even on rainy or snowy days. We were always outside, climbing trees or exploring. We had simple toys, like Barbies, GI Joes and Tonka Trucks. My son is in 5th grade and has his own cell phone and laptop, PSP and Nintendo DS. Our living room entertainment center consists of PS2, XBox 360 and Wii. (Plus he's already got a PS3 wrapped up for Christmas.) I know it's mostly my fault for allowing his "technology obsession", and that it takes a stick of dynamite to get him outside to play batminton. Also, at another school in our county, a 5th grade girl was caught giving "BJs" to any little boys who wanted them. I didn't even know what that was till I was almost outta high school. It astounds me when I hear reports of elementary school kids with drugs and alcohol and weapons. Even when I was in high school the biggest "hardcore" drug problem here was a few stoner kids smoking weed behind the building. As for weapons, I live in the South, in the mountains. Even the high school girls had rifle racks in their pick-ups, and carried pocketknifes in their back pockets. And NONE of us would ever have even thought of using those for violence against others. That's just how people were raised in my town. (Yeah, I live in the redneck riviera. lol) The world has changed so much, and not all of those changes are good. Heck, I'm already complaining and I'm only 30. I can just imagine the things that I will see in my lifetime...and that's a hard realization for a mother with an 11 year old son growing up in these everchanging times.